The Villainess Who Accidentally Stole Their Hearts - Chapter 174
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Episode 174
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The Emperor thought as he saw Rubistan entering the inner chamber with Nicaea.
‘… Is this what Iskalion meant when he said that others would hear it?’
Rubystan appeared to be his usual self on the outside, but the Emperor could tell.
Rubystan was clearly nervous now.
‘That’s not like the always easygoing Rubystan. No, it’s only natural.’
The first empress, who was her biological mother, committed all sorts of dirty deeds with the support of her mother country, Ashura.
Only to make Rubistan the emperor.
Even if Rubystan is also a gang, there is nothing to say.
but.
‘Rubistan directly accused that mother.’
The emperor’s eyes sank deeply.
Did you leave your mother’s back to commit sin together and live alone?
or not…….
“His Majesty the Emperor.”
“His Majesty the Emperor.”
The Emperor nodded to the greetings of Rubystan and Nicaearsha.
“Yes, Jim called the princess and you came with him, Rubystan.”
“… … I have come with you to tell Your Majesty the Emperor.”
“Please sit down first.”
But Rubystan did not sit on the chair.
Just standing there as if nailed to the spot.
“… … ?”
Rubystan, who had been bowing his head for a long time with his lips moving, raised his face.
“I… … am not Your Majesty’s biological son.”
The emperor chuckled.
“I was wondering what you meant when you hesitated so much.”
“……yes?”
“Rubistan, you are being too joking when it comes to asking for forgiveness.”
Rubystan’s eyes shook.
Now the Emperor was mistaking Rubystan’s words as an opening for an apology.
So, it’s like saying, ‘I am not worthy of being my father’s son, so please punish me.’
‘… … Your Majesty has no idea. He can’t even imagine it. This is, perhaps—’
It’s an opportunity.
A chance to take back what you’ve said and let it all out.
Rubystan would rather just nod his head.
That’s how I wanted to live, as the son of the emperor—my father.
‘but…….’
As a prince—as the son of an emperor—he has always been taught responsibility.
Rubystan clenched his fists and met the Emperor’s gaze.
“I’m not kidding.”
“Rubistan.”
“I am not your Majesty’s biological son… ….”
“… … .”
The Emperor neither took a breath nor frowned.
It just sat there, without any change.
However, the cracks in both of his eyes showed that the Emperor understood Rubystan’s words.
“You… are not my son.”
“… … I’m sorry.”
The Emperor looked at Rubystan in silence.
It was an eye that could not read emotions.
After a long silence, the Emperor spoke in a flat voice.
“Princess.”
“… … Yes, Your Majesty.”
“I told you before that I would grant you anything. I even said that I would grant your request regarding my succession.”
“I remember. You said you would listen to anything.”
“The Emperor’s word is worth more than a thousand pieces of gold. Therefore, it must be followed.”
The emperor spoke without looking at Nicaea.
“I cannot grant the princess’s request.”
“… … !”
Nicaearsha’s face hardened.
The wish that Nicaea had told the Emperor that day.
that-
“What I want is—no matter what happens, your Majesty will become the father of His Highness Prince Rubistan.”
“… … !”
—No matter what happened, it was my wish to become Rubystan’s father.
“Is that all you need?”
“… … That’s enough.”
“Ha! I promised to grant her wish, but I ended up owing you the princess’s favor!”
At that time, the emperor seemed to have misunderstood Nicea’s words.
Even if Rubystan loses the war of succession, he should not withdraw from the business he is in charge of as prince.
‘Usually, if you lose a battle of succession, you have to step down from all the businesses you were in charge of.’
Rubystan was quite a resourceful man and was in charge of many important tasks, so the Emperor was very pleased that there would be no personnel gap.
But now you must have realized Nicaea’s true intentions.
‘In this situation, what does it mean to say that you cannot grant my request? … .’
Nicaearsha bit her lips tightly.
‘That means I can’t be the father of Rubystan, who is not my biological child.’
It wasn’t that I was asking him to cover everything up and become my real father.
Because there is nothing you can do about the human heart.
Just one.
‘It was a request not to kill Rubystan… … .’
But the emperor declared that he could not even grant that.
“Your Majesty, please—”
“So, Rubystan.”
The emperor cut off Nicaearsha and spoke firmly.
“This is not because of the princess’s wish. As the emperor, I cannot break my promise, so I am not saying this reluctantly to keep my promise.”
The Emperor’s eyes were fixed on Rubystan.
Not resembling myself at all,
“My son.”
But clearly his own son.
“… … ?!”
“… … !!”
Rubystan and Nicaearsha both looked at the emperor in surprise.
The emperor raised his lips in a mocking tone.
“Why are you so surprised? It’s just that I called my son my son.”
“your majesty.”
“Well, it’s surprising. I was an emperor before I was a father to my children. And I demanded the same from them.”
“… … .”
“Before you are my son or daughter, live as a prince or princess of the empire.”
The emperor’s smile seemed somewhat tired.
“So, even though I knew that the 13th Prince was not being treated well, I ignored him. Even though I knew that everyone was embezzling the money that was assigned to him, I pretended not to know.”
“… … .”
“I knew what would happen if the youngest prince, born of slaves from a foreign race and with no support, received the Emperor’s attention. I just thought I had to endure it as a prince.”
“… … .”
“And Rubystan.”
“… … .”
“Even when you went through all sorts of hardships to gain my approval, suppressed the rebellion in the South, and returned after uniting the scattered forces, all you talked about was your actions as a prince.”
“… … .”
The emperor was silent for a moment, as if reminiscing about the past.
At the end of the silence the emperor asked.
“… … Is that why you don’t call me a rich man these days?”
“… … I thought I was not worthy to call Your Majesty that.”
“That’s disappointing.”
“… … !”
The Emperor smiled as he saw Rubystan raise his head in surprise.
“Isn’t it funny? I didn’t know I had feelings like this. I feel resentful inside because my grown son doesn’t call me by my name regularly.”
“your majesty…….”
“It must be because Jim loves you as a son.”
Rubystan’s lips trembled and his breathing trembled.
The emperor continued speaking while looking at his son.
“Rubistan, you were my first child.”
The child who first told me the joy of having a child.
The Emperor still could not forget the emotion he felt when he held the newborn Rubistan in his arms.
“… … I never thought I would say something like this.”
The emperor closed his eyes tightly.
It was a shocking truth, but at the same time, there were parts of my heart that made me understand and think, ‘So that’s why it was like that.’
Maybe he had a premonition of this for a long time.
Maybe that’s why the words came out easier than I thought.
“Even if your blood is not mine, Rubystan, the fact that you are my child does not change.”
Even though was not activated, letters appeared before Nicaearsha’s eyes.
– Name: Rubystan Pasquale
…
– Human Relations: Tiberiussen (■■■)
The letters are still covered in black.
The darkness that covered the letters gradually began to ripple.
– Human Relations: Tiberiussen (■■ji)
– Human Relations: Tiberiussen (A■ji)
And finally.
– Human Relationships: Tiberiussen (Father)
Nicaearsha smiled when she saw those three letters.
Just having parents acknowledge them can give children confidence.
The Emperor’s large hand patted Rubystan’s shoulder.
“Thank you for your hard work, my son.”
“… … .”
“You must have had a lot on your mind.”
“Your Majesty, I… … .”
“It’s a shame.”
“… … boom.”
The son and father looked at each other.
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At that sight, Nicaearsha smiled brightly and quietly stepped back.
The moment I was about to leave the room.
“Where are you going!”
The emperor’s roar rang out loud.
The prickly Nicaearsha turned around.
“Well, I don’t want to interrupt the good time between the rich… … .”
“We should spend good times together.”
“yes?”
The emperor chuckled.
“Isn’t it the Princess’s great contribution that Rubystan did not repeat the mistakes of his biological mother, but made the right choice as the prince of the empire and my son?”
“… … I didn’t do anything.”
Even when Rubystan wanted to catch him, he didn’t catch him.
But the emperor shook his head.
“Your virtue is great.”
“How does Your Majesty know that?”
“Because he’s this guy’s father.”
“… … .”
When you say that, I am speechless.
Rubystan smiled.
“Yes, Your Majesty knows me very well.”
“Ahem, doesn’t it feel a bit like family when the three of us share misfortune and joy together like this?”
Nicaearsha looked at the emperor with astonished eyes.
“Are you still saying that? Your Majesty personally approved the engagement between Iskalion and me… … .”
“I’ve given up on pairing up with princes!”
The emperor shouted proudly.
“What does it mean to be a burden to the princess’s family?”
A moment of silence.
and.
“… … Me as Your Majesty’s second wife?”
Nicaearsha looked at the emperor with blasphemous eyes, as if looking at trash.
Rubystan added.
I looked at the emperor as if I was looking at polluted waste, hiding Nicaea behind me.
“That’s not it!”
“… … .”
“… … .”
“Oh my! Why are you looking like that! Even if it’s not like that!”
“… … .”
“… … .”
“I’m just a father… … . Even if we’re not blood related, you can still be my son… … . That’s enough! Stop looking at me!”
The emperor suddenly lost his temper.
The early winter sunlight poured into the room.
The sunlight melts the cold air and warmly wraps my frozen cheeks.
Before they knew it, smiles that resembled the sunlight appeared on the lips of the three people.
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After leaving the palace, Nicaearsha headed straight to the magic tower.
As I got out of the carriage, Brown greeted me, saying, “Your Majesty!”
“What about Serkael?”
“He is in the lab.”
“How are you feeling?”
“Me? Oh, you’re worried because it’s the changing of seasons? Haha, you too, Princess!”
Brown twisted his body with a shy face.
Nicaearsha looked at Brown with a cold face.
“… … Other than you, Serkael.”
“The Lord of the Tower? Well, it’s the same as always. How could you possibly get sick with such a nasty temper? Even a cold won’t go away.”
“Whew, next time I come over, tell Bluewin to come out. Not you.”
“This is too much!”
Nikearsha followed Brown’s guidance and entered Serkael’s laboratory.
“Are you here?”
“Yeah, but are you in the lab? After that big incident yesterday.”
“There is no one who goes around without getting tired after doing such a big job.”
“Serkael is better than me—”
“Let me look at your body first.”
Serkael dragged Nikearsha into the magic tool.
Nicaearsha was about to say something, but the magic tool had already been activated.
I had no choice but to take the test in silence.
‘This reminds me of the old days.’
“I want your body.”
It was a mess because Zerno and Akai misunderstood Serkael’s words.
After much fuss, I finally found out after getting tested.
‘It looks like my magic power has been cut in half.’
I felt like I had regained all my magical power, but I was still nervous because I was being examined.
Serkael nodded after completing the examination.
“It’s normal.”
“That means—”
“Yeah, now you won’t have to die because of magic.”
Serkael said, floating the test results into the air.
“Look. It’s your magic power. Even when it was half-cut, it was much larger than average, but when it came back to its original form, it’s incredibly large.”
“That’s right.”
“On one side of the magic complex there is a magic power generation plant, and on the other side there is a magic power output plant.”
“… … .”
“You need to use your power properly to generate magical power through this output. This is why you, as a great Awakener, have not been able to exert your power.”
“… … .”
“On the other hand, the reason Mikarin was able to act like the greatest Awakened One of all time was because she had four magical power output stations. Well, that alone wasn’t enough, so she received help from ancient sorcery.”
Serkael continued his explanation, changing the test results.
Nicaearsha, who had been listening quietly, called out to him.
“Serkael.”
“Now the magic complex won’t break. You won’t need to seek help from the power of ‘creation’ every time. That hurts so much.”
“Serkael.”
“……why.”
“How is your body?”
“I told you. You don’t have to worry anymore. You’re normal.”
“Don’t change the subject. Brown doesn’t have any tact, but you don’t.”
Serkael took off his monocle and faced Nikaearsha.
“are you okay.”
“… … .”
“It was a bit too much. I almost ran out of magic power. If you run out of magic power, the jar might dry up and break. But it’s okay.”
Magic that the First Empress’s subordinates, including the doctor, cast using ancient magic tools and ancient sorcery.
Serkael alone endured, destroyed, and took advantage of it.
“Thank you, Serkael.”
A simple and plain greeting without any formalities.
Serkael smiled.
Because the countless emotions contained in that one word of gratitude were read as is.
“Who do you think I am?”
“A genius great wizard who will never be found again in the world.”
“Yes, it wasn’t that difficult for that genius wizard.”
“huh.”
“So don’t be so sorry.”
“……huh.”
Even as he nodded, his red eyes were filled with regret.
Serkael’s stomach turned inside out.
‘… … You’re so worried that I might get sick.’
Nicaea treats my suffering so lightly.
That made me so angry I couldn’t stand it.
I remembered the time when Nicaearsha resonated with the soul stone of the Archduchess.
“What’s so good about that? How many times have you resonated in just two weeks? Are you planning to die?”
“It’s okay. This much is okay.”
At that time, I thought Nicaea’s reaction was strange.
The attitude that this level of pain is nothing compared to other things.
But I just let it go, thinking that there could be nothing more painful than this for Nikaearsha, the Archduchess of Delosif.
‘There was. A very terrible past.’
The terrible past that was engraved within the magic of Nicaea.
“… … I really didn’t want to tell you this.”
“Tsk,” Serkael clicked his tongue and continued.
“I didn’t endure it alone. Grand Duke Achelous passed on his magical power.”
“Iscallion? But—”
“Yes, the quality of the magic power is different, so it’s impossible for me to use it. However, it is possible if you remove the magic power characteristic itself.”
“What?! That’s… … .”
It was an incredibly painful process, as it involved forcibly killing the trait by administering a magical drug.
“The Archduke told you to keep it a secret, but as a researcher, you should be able to hide the process.”
Nicaearsha took a deep breath.
Serkael winked out the window.
“… … I guess they came to pick you up.”
Nicaearsha’s gaze turned out the window.
The red eyes that contained Iskalion getting off the carriage gleamed fiercely.
The emotions that rise up inside of it, unconcealable.
Serkael, who had been calmly observing the change, said.
“Nike, I will never get married again.”
“suddenly?”
“I’m married to research. It’s like a duty born as a genius.”
“what.”
Nicaearsha smiled brightly.
“So you can come to me anytime.”
Serkael smiled.
It was the same smile as always, somewhat nervous and sensitive.
“I will listen to anything you say, no matter how stupid it may be.”
That was when.
A soft voice rang out from behind.
“Are you trying to seduce a married woman now?”
……yes?
Married woman?
‘Me?!’
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